tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14091116.post114019013521490384..comments2018-04-03T23:03:31.015-04:00Comments on The Community Alliance Blog: Taming Twenty Miles Of UglyThe Community Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05874256614338547604noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14091116.post-1140209890637726422006-02-17T15:58:00.000-05:002006-02-17T15:58:00.000-05:00Talk is cheap but taxes aren't, does anyone really...Talk is cheap but taxes aren't, does anyone really believe we can compete with other states? Now the new empire zone will serve those business owners who are already here. The government will give them tax breaks and ask for nothing in return, only that they stay here. No clean up no money to make their business look nice, not a bad deal for business. HOW ABOUT THE HOMEOWNER WHO DOESN'T RENT? Even if a business were to come to Elmont or any other place within the zone, where would those workers live? Does anyone have a brain? Or do they take all of us as fools? Maybe they can crack down on more sheds after all their<BR/> friends can block the streets with their trucks and rent out homes and feel safe. Would those new business have to pay the same sanitary tax or do they get a break from that as well.Pat Nicolosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703385237827803586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14091116.post-1140197265162780492006-02-17T12:27:00.000-05:002006-02-17T12:27:00.000-05:00Even with a $115 million Highway Bond that we'll b...Even with a $115 million Highway Bond that we'll be paying for in increased property taxes, the Town of Hempstead can't maintain our roads.<BR/><BR/>Still, what is being said here is true. Whether our communities die or thrive is in our hands. <BR/><BR/>If the Corbins, Schmitts, Murrays or Suozzis don't do it, we should vote in representatives who will.<BR/><BR/>It really is up to us to make things happen.Merrick Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00446965107836278037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14091116.post-1140191354910337462006-02-17T10:49:00.000-05:002006-02-17T10:49:00.000-05:00"Why not Long Island? Why not today?"Because we ha..."Why not Long Island? Why not today?"<BR/><BR/>Because we have so many layers of bureaucracy (I dare not call it "government," as there is little in the way of actual governing) on Long Island, incapable - individually or collectively - of maintaining our roads, enforcing building codes, cleaning the trash from the street, or even planting a tree.<BR/><BR/>To top it of, each layer has a hand in our pockets, so at the end of the day there's simply no money left for even the basics of community (i.e., parks, housing, transportation, to name a few), let alone the wholesale redevelopment of our "downtowns."<BR/><BR/>Great vision, lofty ideals, nice ideas. When it comes to going from paper to pavement, however, don't count on fellow Long Islanders picking up the shovel, and don't look to village, town, county or state government to pick up the tab.franklin square residenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455844369753719295noreply@blogger.com